Director James Cameron and his writing team are working on the scripts for a full three new installments in the Avatar saga simultaneously, which is exciting news, but it also means we will have to wait a bit longer for the first of them.

According to The Associated Press, Cameron said that ongoing work on the scripts for the films will delay the opening of Avatar 2 from its original planned release of December 2016 to December 2017.

The director plans to shoot all three movies simultaneously and release them one year apart from each other.

The original Avatar, starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver, is the highest grossing film of all time. All three actors are set to return in the sequels.